GRE Word List
BEMUSED
marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed
The meaning of the word bemused is marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| fauna | animal life |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |